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ARCA: Buescher Barrels to Kentucky Victory
Written by: SPEED Staff
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05/09/2009
Charlotte, NC
 
James Buescher drove off to victory lane to win the thrilling Drive Smart Buckle Up Kentucky 150 Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. (Photo: www.arcaracing.com) ยป More Photos

Nineteen-year old James Buescher earned his second straight ARCA RE/MAX Series victory of the season by surviving a two-lap restart shootout and crossing the Kentucky Speedway finish line 0.928 of a second ahead of Justin Lofton tonight in the "Drive Smart. Buckle-Up! Kentucky 150."

Buescher and his No. 32 Wolf Pack Rentals Toyota started the race from the pole position after the field was set by owner points and engaged in a race-long, back-and-forth battle with Lofton and his No. 6 Lofton Cattle Toyota.

The tandem traded the lead four times before Parker Kligerman brought out the ninth caution of the race on Lap 95 when his No. 77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge spun at the exit of Turn 4.

Kligerman’s misstep set up an exciting two-lap showdown when the race restarted on Lap 98 of 100. Buescher secured his third career series victory by widening his car and holding off repeated charges from Lofton through the backstetch and off Turn 4.

"I have no idea how I was able to pull away, but I can tell you this thing was
‘going’ on the restarts. It was unbelievable. I've never had a car like that on restarts. I actually spun the tires twice on two of the last restarts. Justin almost got by me on the last restart and I had to recover from that. He raced me awesome,” Buescher said.

The Plano, Tex., driver, who became the youngest race winner in ARCA RE/MAX Series at age 16 at USA International Speedway in 2007, led 57 laps tonight including the closing 18. He nailed down his first win of the season on Feb. 7 at Daytona International Speedway in his only other series start of 2009.

Justin Lofton registered his third top-five finish of the season as well as his first top-five ARCA RE/MAX Series finish in Kentucky. He earned a 10th-place finish in the series last visit to the track on July 18, 2008.

“That was an awesome race, I’m very happy with our performance. We got tight, the right front tire was chattering and we didn’t quite have enough to win. We want to keep the momentum going,” Lofton said.

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